November 7, 2014

Virtual Machine Cannot Start (Vmware) – ESX/ESXi – 5.0

VMware,

Problem: Virtual Machine Cannot Start (Vmware) – ESX/ESXi – 5.0 Explanation: There will be situations where the VM on a host fails to start without showing any progress when the power state is reset. This can be caused by a hung process on the host. Solution: SSH into the host on which the VM is…

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March 29, 2013

Feature of VM Consolidation in vSphere 4.0U2

VPS,

VM Consolidation is a feature in vSphere 4.0U2. What does this feature do and how does this really stick with VM snapshots? To get a better view, one should have knowledge in snapshots feature and snapshot manager. What are snapshots? It is very much similar to a well known feature called system restore that you…

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